LIVE – Japanese Grand Prix: Verstappen finally crowned world champion for the second time in his career

Max Verstappen: “It’s crazy! It’s a mixture of emotions. I won the race. What a year we’ve had. Thank you to everyone who made this success possible. It’s a lot of emotions.” It’s always pressure but it’s good pressure and it makes me very proud. Now we want to focus on winning the constructors’ title. “

In Suzuka’s confusion, all points were finally awarded. With a penalty kick taken by Charles Leclerc and demoted to third place behind Sergio Perez, Max Verstappen was officially crowned world champion for the second time in his career.

The Dutchman from Red Bull has achieved victory but has not (yet) won the World Champion title. Max Verstappen leads Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez. Frenchman Esteban Ocon finished in fourth place very well. There is still doubt in second place for Leclerc who shot right before crossing the finish line.

Drivers only have one lap to attack.

If the points scale changes again, the current positions do not allow Verstappen to become a world champion athlete.

Third stop for the Frenchman, 18th and last place in the Grand Prix. 12 minutes left in the race.

Big fight for fourth place! Ocon resists Hamilton’s attacks, but for how long?

According to the rules, the race winner only wins 13 points and not 25 when less than 50% of the race is completed, which may be the case on Sunday at Suzuka (the top nine drivers get points). In this hypothesis, Verstappen cannot be crowned this Sunday with a victory and the best time. On the other hand, it could be if he scored 6 points more than Perez and 8 more than Leclerc, which is a bad start. Leclerc is the fastest lap in the makeshift race.

Here is the distribution of points:

1st place – 13 points; second place – 10 points; third place – 8 points; 4th place – 6 points; Fifth place – 5 points; 6th place – 4 points; seventh place – 3 points, eighth place – 2 points; 9 – 1 point.

Less than half an hour from the end of this Grand Prix, Monegasque Charles Leclerc wins the fastest lap of the race.

The pit stop benefits Verstappen who regains his first position against Leclerc at 0”4.

The two leaders stop in turn and choose the intermediate frames. Alonso is now in the lead.

This is the case for Bottas, Vettel and Latifi who are leaving on intermediate tyres.

Verstappen is leading the race ahead of Leclerc! Let’s go fight on a track that is still very wet.

There is no doubt that departure is imminent.

Driven by the safety car, the individual seats returned to the Suzuka circuit. “The track is very good,” Hamilton declared. It will be a quick start.

Philippe Bianchi, the father of the French pilot who died in 2015, wrote in Suzuka after his single-seater got stuck under a lift device that ended up evacuating Sauber from German Adrian Sutil, who had left the track on the previous lap.

Weather conditions have improved slightly so racing will resume at 9:15 am.

After Lando Norris, it’s Sergio Perez’s turn to express his anger after having a tow truck on the track. “How do we make it clear that we don’t want a crane on the track anymore? We’ve already lost Jules (Bianchi) to this bug. What happened today is totally unacceptable!!! I hope this is the last time I see a crane on the track,” tweeted the Prix winner The last major in Singapore.

Pierre Gasly is called up in about half an hour by the race guards. But for what reason? According to Canal+, the Frenchman who was furious for entering the track next to a truck could be punished for having crossed the 250kph limit under a red flag.

According to the rules, no points will be awarded if the race is not resumed. To distribute the points, drivers must have completed two laps, as was the case at Suzuka, except that the second lap was completed under the safety car. However, both rounds of the track must be completed under normal racing conditions.

Lando Norris (McLaren) just posted a message on Twitter and like Albon, the Brit is clearly not too eager to resume: “Wtf. How did this happen!? We lost a life a few years ago (Jules Bianchi passed away in 2015 here in Suzuka, editor’s note) We’re risking our lives, especially in circumstances like this. We want to race but like that… It’s not acceptable.”

After removing the display panel from his wing that landed in the front of his AlphaTauri, Pierre Gasly got back on the track but ended up with a tow truck. Having this truck can be very dangerous. It infuriated the Roan Family, who said, “I could have killed myself!” The race guards opened an investigation. According to Albon, Vettel has already raised the issue of tow trucks entering the circuit too quickly after an accident.

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In response to a question from Canal+, Alexander Albon does not want this Grand Prix to resume. The Williams driver feels the conditions are not good enough. “These are the worst conditions in my career. Of course we want to race, but at what cost?”

According to the weather forecast, heavy rain is expected in about ten minutes. So we are not ready to resume racing.

The rain never stops disrupting this grand prix. The new start is still too late. Point will be determined in 10 minutes.

Race keepers announce that racing will resume at 7:50 a.m.

According to Canal+, Pierre Gasly was furious that he found himself on the track with a truck after the plate attached to the Elftawy was removed in the pits.

There is still doubt about the resumption of the race due to the rain.

In the images broadcast by Canal+ after the race was interrupted, we can see the French pilot very angry in the pits without knowing the reasons for his anger even if he appears to be related to the board that landed on his car right after the start.

The start was also eventful for Pierre Gasly who inherited a display panel in the front of his AlphaTauri before the race was interrupted.

The race stopped after racing accidents, especially the retirement of Carlos Sainz.

The rain is already doing damage! Racing under the safety car after Sainz (Ferrari) and Albon (Williams) leave the track.

Great start in the rain! Leclerc attacked him from the start, Verstappen resisted and managed to keep the first place! to the show!

After a few minutes of doubt due to rain, the start will stop fine and will not start. There will be 53 rounds on the program.

The choice of the French driver (AlphaTauri) dictated by the weather. He had to start on the ninth line.

The article on qualifications is here

It’s raining on Suzuka. These challenging weather conditions will make the race complex and exciting.

-Win the Grand Prix with the fastest lap of the race

He scored 6 points more than Perez and 8 more than Leclerc

Welcome to RMC Sport to follow the Japanese Grand Prix, round 17 of the F1 World Championship, live. At the wheel of Red Bull Max Verstappen, Pullman, could become world champion for the second time in his career this Sunday at Suzuka after burning his first cartridge last week in Singapore. Departure at 7 am